Kagome was sick. And the Inu Gumi was pretty sure Naraku had something to do with it, because she was dying. And when I say 'dying', I don't mean that she felt do bad, it was like she was dying.

Kagome's body was shutting down, and she was dying. For real. Which is where we pick up the thread of the story.

Kagome had taken a turn for the worse, and thought no one said it out loud, they knew she wasn't likely to last much longer.

That night, InuYasha crept out of Kaede's hut with the nearly completed Shikon no Tama. Kneeling in front of the Goshinboku, he prayed. He did not return to the village that night.

The next morning, Kagome opened her eyes, and everything seemed sharper, clearer, brighter, than before. She raised a hand to brush her hair away from her face…and screamed.

It wasn't her hand.

It was a demon's clawed appendage.

Sango, Miroku, Kaede, and Shippo rushed in. "Kagome-sama, what is wrong?" Miroku asked.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?!? What happened to me? I'm…I'm…" she trailed off.

"We think you're some type of kitsune." Sango said helpfully.

"Child, you were very ill. We could not save you any other way." Kaede said gently.

"InuYasha did it, mama." Shippo said, hopping up next to her.

"InuYasha did this to me?" Kagome asked in a whisper. "Made me a youkai, so I can live forever, and watch him choose his clay-pot whore over me?"

Before they could stop her, she ran.

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